#1960stv — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #1960stv, aggregated by home.social.
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July 6, 1968. Barbara Eden of NBC's I Dream of Jeannie.
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#TVGuide #BarbaraEden #IDreamOfJeannie #1960sTV #ClassicTelevision #RetroMedia #VintageMagazine #Retro #PopCultureHistory #TVIcons #GoldenAgeOfTV #RetroPhotography #MagazineCoverArt #TelevisionHistory #VintageCelebrities #vintage -
Don Herbert (1917-2007) — a Peabody Award-winner as MR. WIZARD — was born on this date.
Here he is teaching 1960s kids how to light his birthday candle. (Or make a bomb, I'm not sure.)
Episodes of his TV shows from the 1950s-'80s are on his official YouTube:
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Tonight in 1969 — THE LESLIE UGGAMS SHOW debuted on CBS.
The Tony-winning singer/actress was just 26 — but insisted on an integrated cast + crew for her weekly variety show.
"People got to see somebody who looked like them,” she said in 2016. "I think that’s a great legacy."
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#GeraldFried (1928-2023) — Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated composer.
TV: #Roots, #StarTrek (including “Amok Time”), #GilligansIsland (and reunions), #TheManFromUNCLE
Film: 5 #StanleyKubrick movies, including #TheKilling (1956) and #PathsOfGlory (1957) and much more in a 70-year career.
https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/18/gerald-fried-emmy-winning-composer-dies/ #RIPGeraldFried #StarTrek #ClassicTV #1960s #1960sTV #FilmMastodon
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“I’d never done comedy, but I felt my most productive years were ahead of me!”
— #DonnaReed (1921–1986)The Oscar winner who became the star and producer of #TheDonnaReedShow was #BornOnThisDay.
#ClassicTV #1950sTV #1960sTV #1960s #1950s #Nostalgia #ItsAWonderfulLife